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== <big>Department of the Interior</big> == | |||
The '''[[Department of the Interior]]''' ('''DOI''') is an [[United States federal executive departments|executive department]] of the [[Federal government of the United States|U.S. federal government]] responsible for the management and conservation of most federal lands and natural resources. It also administers programs relating to [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]], Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, territorial affairs, and insular areas of the United States, as well as programs related to historic preservation. About 75% of federal public land is managed by the department, with most of the remainder managed by the [[United States Department of Agriculture|Department of Agriculture]]'s [[United States Forest Service|Forest Service]]. The department was created on March 3, 1849. It is headquartered at the Main Interior Building, located at 1849 C Street NW in [[Washington, D.C.]] | |||
The department is headed by the [[United States Secretary of the Interior|secretary of the interior]], who reports directly to the [[president of the United States]] and is a member of the president's [[Cabinet of the United States|Cabinet]]. The current secretary is Deb Haaland. | |||
As of mid-2004, the department managed 507 million acres (2,050,000 km<sup>2</sup>) of surface land, or about one-fifth of the land in the United States. It manages 476 dams and 348 reservoirs through the [[Bureau of Reclamation]], 431 national parks, monuments, historical sites, etc. through the [[National Park Service]], and 544 national wildlife refuges through the [[Fish and Wildlife Service]]. The largest land management agency is the [[Bureau of Land Management]], managing about one-eighth of the land in the United States. | |||
Despite its name, the Department of the Interior has a different role from that of the interior ministries of other nations, which are usually responsible for police matters and internal security. In the United States, national security and immigration functions are performed by the [[United States Department of Homeland Security|Department of Homeland Security]] primarily and the [[United States Department of Justice|Department of Justice]] secondarily. The Department of the Interior has often been humorously called "the Department of Everything Else" because of its broad range of responsibilities.<ref>[http://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/utley-mackintosh/index.htm "History"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814041614/http://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/utley-mackintosh/index.htm |date=August 14, 2015 }}, National Park Service web page. Retrieved May 20, 2010.</ref>{{Infobox government agency | |||
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